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StoleN.GuitaR's reply to This is how to change MSN7 background.



Using ResHack, in UIFILE #923(of msnmsgr.exe), look for this part.

code:

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    buddylist
    {
        Accessible: true;
        AccRole: 33;
        AccState: 0;
        background: window;
        animation: log | alpha | mediumslow | delayshort;
        alpha: 255;
    }

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take it and edit it to the following,

code:

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    }
    buddylist
    {
        Accessible: true;
        AccRole: 33;
        AccState: 0;
        background: rcbmp(XXX,1,#000000,XXX,XXX,0,0);
        animation: log | alpha | mediumslow | delayshort;
        alpha: 225;
    }

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the bolded parts are the parst you adjust,
the first one is the BITMAP_ID number,
2nd is the width of the image
3rd is the height of the image,

the only downside top this is.. for some reason it tiles the image.. which is annoying, anyhow, it works..

im off to find out how to stop it from tiling..
if ANYONE knows, please post it here.. to save the tiles..

below is an image of the finished product(sadly with tiling)

Good work.

why dont you just look for lvback.gif ? or is that only in the full release?,

nice job StoleN.GuitaR

like, if i put a picture of lets say my avatar, would that work? Or does it have to be just a small, transparent background image? Sorry if this is dumb, im stilla noob

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Originally posted by marissa
like, if i put a picture of lets say my avatar, would that work? Or does it have to be just a small, transparent background image? Sorry if this is dumb, im stilla noob

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You can put any bitmap image as the background this includes your avatar (if you open it in a paint program and save it as a bitmap). The only problem may be that you can no longer see your contacts names as the avatar is too dark. In which case you will have to watermark your image. Oh and try not to have a huge bitmap image as it will make your contact list scrolling lag like anything.

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Originally posted by vantage
why dont you just look for lvback.gif ? or is that only in the full release?,

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lvback.gif stands for list view background.gif as msn7 no longer uses a list view support for lvback.gif no longer exists... hence why we must reshacker


Also you may notice that the side of your picture gets chopped off.. to avoid this add 35pixels to the left hand side of your picture in your favourite paint program. This should ensure the picture isn't cut off (remember to change the size in the UIFILE now).

Changing the #000000 value supposedly changes the transparency. I assume its in html colour code format where #FFFFFF is white. I haven't tested it but i assume it works.

Hrmmm making another object is an interesting idea.... i might try it later. As for changing the stretching argument.. already tried all the documented numbers to no avail.

is that using the same UI file as i used? that.. 923? one..

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Originally posted by dannyres
Hm just tried it and got it to work   This is what I used:

                                        <buddylist id=atom(buddylistview) layout=filllayout()>
                                            <element layoutpos=bottom layout=filllayout()>
                                                <png layoutpos=right flip=false idres=1096 />
                                            </element>
                                        </buddylist>

Of course change idres to whatever the resource id is, and use png's this time.


Dan

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would you kindly explain where u placed this to make it work....

wat do you use to RasHack programs? can anyone give me a download site for it?
thanks

Resource Hacker
google it or direct link http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/reshack.zip